<p>Aerial footage captured the scale of the flooding in the Orchard Homes area of Missoula, Montana on May 8.</p><p>Mandatory evacuations notices were issued for residents in the Orchard Homes area by the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office due to high water levels, according to local reports</a>. Around 2,000 homes in Missoula were at risk of flooding, around 800 of those houses are located in Orchard Homes.</p><p>Missoula received almost record rainfall last week with the Clark Fork River cresting at 13.82 feet, the second-highest on record, as of Friday evening, according to reports</a>. The river levels decreased slightly over the weekend but was expected to rise again later in the week as more rain hits the region. Credit: Tyson Dupuis via Storyful</p><br />
